Jayson Leutwiler

Switzerland

At five, Leutwiler started his youth soccer with the local amateur club in Cornaux. In 2002, he moved to the youth system of Neuchâtel Xamax and stayed there until 2005. He was scouted by FC Basel in a match that Neuchâtel Xamax under-16s had lost 6–0. In the summer of 2005, Leutwiler joined the youth department at FC Basel. He played in their U-18 team during the 2005–06 season under coach Patrick Rahmen and his assistant Marco Walker, and with them won both the Swiss U-18 championship and the U-19/18 national cup that season. Leutwiler also played with the U-18 team in the 2006–07 season and they were able to defend their championship title. Leutwiler advanced to the U-21 team, but with future Switzerland and Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer also in this age class, Leutwiler needed loan spells to gain playing experience. A beginning of the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Challenge League club Concordia Basel in exchange for their goalkeeper Riccardo Meili. But this experiment was broken off just a few weeks later as Sommer was loaned out to Vaduz, which led to Meili and Leutwiler returning to their parent clubs. Leutwiler then joined Basel's first-team under head coach Christian Gross for their 2007–08 season]as third goalkeeper behind Franco Costanzo and Oliver Stöckli. He attended training with them, but because he was not going to obtain the required playing experience with them, he played in the U-21 team, in the third tier,…

Leutwiler represented Switzerland up to under-20 level. In October 2016, the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) confirmed that he would take part in a Canadian camp. He made his debut for Canada as a half-time substitute against South Korea on 11 November 2016. His second cap came in a 1–1 draw in Scotland on 22 March 2017, where he was again a half-time substitute. He played the full ninety minutes of his third and final cap, a 2–0 win over Jamaica on 2 September. Leutwiler was named to Canada's 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup by Octavio Zambrano, and to the 2019 and 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads by John Herdman.

Leutwiller is an all-round goalkeeper who is able to command his penalty area and collect crosses.

Jayson William Leutwiler was born on 25 April 1989 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. His parents, Jean-Marc and Pascale, were both born in Neuchâtel. He speaks French, German, and English. He holds dual Swiss/Canadian citizenship.